"We're going to fix the damage the wrecking ball has done to the UK." "Your party was at the controls of the wrecking ball." "Yes, but we're going to fix the damage it's done. That's a good thing." "Your party was at the controls at the time, and has said it's going to repair things to the point where they're actually still more shit than when you first launched your wrecking ball." "...."

People should bypass voting Tory and just simply punch their kids/grandkids in the face. Hard.

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever.

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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 19:51 - Oct 31 with 1004 views

Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 19:51 - Oct 31 by Humpty

Nah. Trump just promised Farage they have no interest in our NHS and Nigel believes him.

Good enough for me.

Several months ago I explained in a post to Lohengrin what the US interest in the NHS was. Funnily enough, it seems, although I didn’t see it, that Dispatches this week revealed exactly the same had been discussed between the Tories and Trump, all to do with drug pricing.

Johnson has a problem if the NHS has extended waiting times, queues in A&E, bed blocking, people lying in corridors - all far more likely in the depths of winter. There is also a rumour that they’re concerned about this year’s flu jab not covering the strains we may get,

Corbyn is completely useless. But, he’s great at electioneering. And Johnson, for all the hype, is nowhere near as good on the hoof as his supporters believe.

Trump coming out today in favour of a Farage, Johnson axis of horror, may well be the last thing they need.

Plus Farage has spent the last two weeks telling anyone that will listen that Johnson’s deal is worse than staying in. Walking that back will be interesting.

Tory internal polling is done on a seat by seat basis rather than a national poll. Their figures at the moment do not suggest a large Tory majority. Many are not happy that there is an election and would have preferred the brexit deal to be sorted beforehand.

Time will tell. But I can’t see much past a hung parliament or a possible very small, pretty flaky, Tory majority that relies on more moderate members as well. Not sure that gets us anywhere.

[Post edited 31 Oct 2019 20:12]

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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 20:11 - Oct 31 with 959 views

Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 20:09 - Oct 31 by londonlisa2001

Several months ago I explained in a post to Lohengrin what the US interest in the NHS was. Funnily enough, it seems, although I didn’t see it, that Dispatches this week revealed exactly the same had been discussed between the Tories and Trump, all to do with drug pricing.

Johnson has a problem if the NHS has extended waiting times, queues in A&E, bed blocking, people lying in corridors - all far more likely in the depths of winter. There is also a rumour that they’re concerned about this year’s flu jab not covering the strains we may get,

Corbyn is completely useless. But, he’s great at electioneering. And Johnson, for all the hype, is nowhere near as good on the hoof as his supporters believe.

Trump coming out today in favour of a Farage, Johnson axis of horror, may well be the last thing they need.

Plus Farage has spent the last two weeks telling anyone that will listen that Johnson’s deal is worse than staying in. Walking that back will be interesting.

Tory internal polling is done on a seat by seat basis rather than a national poll. Their figures at the moment do not suggest a large Tory majority. Many are not happy that there is an election and would have preferred the brexit deal to be sorted beforehand.

Time will tell. But I can’t see much past a hung parliament or a possible very small, pretty flaky, Tory majority that relies on more moderate members as well. Not sure that gets us anywhere.

[Post edited 31 Oct 2019 20:12]

I'll watch the Dispatches episode later.

Anyone who thinks the US has no interest in the NHS is a bit of an idiot IMO, especially when dealing with a very desperate Boris.

[Post edited 31 Oct 2019 20:40]

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Countdown to the end of Democracy in the UK on 20:26 - Oct 31 with 932 views

Johnson now saying he knew parliament would frustrate brexit. So his commitment to leave on 31 October was either a lie, purely to get him elected as PM or a,failure on his part to persuade parliament to back his brexit.

Had to laugh at that obvious Tory plant on QT tonight. Girding his loins over Boris and Brexit. Slinging out the old Marxist bull shit. Someone should have asked him what he thought Marxism is.

Irvine Welsh summer it up beautifully: The most ‘marxist’ governments have been the neoliberal ones who have engineered the polarization of wealth in a similar way that Marx envisaged. Progressive taxation, social democracy style, is profoundly anti-Marxist, undermining such divisions.